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the legend of Nyi Roro Kidul
(The Queen of south ocean)

Story of Nyi Roro Kidul was very famous. Not only in Yogyakarta and Surakarta, but also in all java island. In the Yogyakarta Area, story of Nyi Roro Kidul always associated with the story of the King of Mataram. Meanwhile, in East Java in Malang, especially in South Beach, Ngliyep Beach, Nyi Roro Kidul is called as Kanjeng Ratu Kidul. Perhaps, Nyi Roro Kidul is a queen like an angel, her beauty is never dull in the round of time. In the bottom of the south sea, -the southern island of Java, She rule on a very large fine and beautiful kingdom.

Who is She actually?

People say, Long time ago, have a beautiful woman name Kandita. because of her beauty, she always called Srengenge goddess, its mean Lovely Sun. Kadita is a Daughter of Munding Wangi King. Although Kandita have very beautiful face, The King still sad because didn't have the son of the crown can be prepared. After King married Dewi Mutiara, a son born. However, so get more attention, Mutiara Dewi start submitting claims, among others, ensure her son will replace the man throne and Dewi Kadita be expelled from the palace. Request first be passed, but to drive Kadita, King Munding Wangi not prepared.

"It is ridiculous, I will not allow any body doing such cruel thing to my daughter", said King Munding Wangi. When she heard the answer, Dewi mutiara smiled and said a sweet thing until the king has not anger anymore. However, she kept her bad intention deep in her heart.

In the morning before the sun raised, Dewi Mutiara sent her maid to call a black magician. called Jahil. She wanted the black magician to curse Kadita, her step daughter.

" I want her beautiful body full with scabies and itch. If you succeeded I will reward you with the present you never thought before". The black magician did the queen order, in the night Kadita body has been full with scabies and itch. When She waked up , she found her body was smell stinky and have a ulcer all over her body. The beautiful princess cried and did not know what to do.

When The King heard he was very sad, he invited many physician to cure her daughter illness. Day by the day nobody could cure her daughter. He realized that her daughter illness it was not a ordinary illness someone must send a curse or magic spell. His problem became more difficult when the Queen Dewi Mutiara forced him to send away her daughter. "Your daughter will bring a bad luck to whole country", said Dewi Mutiara. The king did not want her daughter become a bad rumour in whole country. Finally he must agree to send her only daughter to leave the country.

The poor princess went alone, she didn't know to where she should go. She almost could not cry anymore. She had a nobble heart. She did not have any bad feeling with her step mother, instead she always asked the God to accompany her passed her suffer.

Almost seven day and seven night she has walked until she came to south ocean. She looked at the ocean. It was so clean and clear, unlike other ocean which have a blue or green colour. She jumped onto the water and swim. Suddenly when the south ocean water touched her skin there was a miracle happened. Her ulcer has gone and there was no sign that she has ever had a scabies or itch. Even more she became more beautiful than before. Not only that she has a power to command whole of the south ocean. Now she became a fairy called Nyi Roro Kidul or The Queen of South Ocean who lived forever.